Castle · near Portarlington · Laois

Lea Castle

Set 900 m east of Portarlington is Lea Castle. Top of the 4 other places within 15 km is Emo Court, 6.4 km off. Its Wikipedia coverage spans 3 languages.

Photo: Lea Castle, Mike Searle (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

900 m

east of Portarlington

How well known

Top 22%

#391 of 1,783 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Castle near Portarlington

Just outside Portarlington

Lea Castle is 900 m east of Portarlington. Towns near it ↓

Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The best months to visit

In Portarlington, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 18–20°C.

Jan8° / 2°82 mm

Feb9° / 2°66 mm

Mar11° / 3°62 mm

Apr13° / 4°61 mm

May16° / 7°60 mm

Jun19° / 9°69 mm

Jul20° / 11°70 mm

Aug20° / 11°81 mm

Sep18° / 9°71 mm

Oct14° / 6°93 mm

Nov11° / 4°92 mm

Dec8° / 2°88 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Portarlington, and rain in a month. Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for Portarlington (Copyright Met Éireann, CC BY 4.0). Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Portarlington’s full climate →

About

Lea Castle

Castle in Ireland.

Lea Castle on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Castle
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: 900 m east of Portarlington
Official site: leacastle.ie

Facts: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Around Lea Castle, mapped

Lea Castle sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Lea Castle

Portarlington tops the 8 for size, at 9,288 people. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · 900 m west of it

Portarlington

9,288 people · 3 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km south of it

Killenard

741 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 4.9 km south of it

Ballybrittas

435 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 6.3 km east of it

Monasterevin

5,307 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Lea Castle is	People	Places to visit
Portarlington	900 m west of it	9,288	3
Killenard	1.8 km south of it	741	2
Ballybrittas	4.9 km south of it	435	2
Monasterevin	6.3 km east of it	5,307	0
Bracknagh	6.9 km northeast of it	274	0
Emo	8.1 km southwest of it	283	2
Clonygowan	9.5 km west of it	308	0
Walsh Island or Coolagary	9.9 km northwest of it	480	0

Make a day of it

Around Lea Castle

Choose from 4 places within 15 km, such as 2 museums and 2 castles.

Museum · Office of Public WorksEmo Court6.4 km away 2

CastleRock of Dunamase14 km away 3

CastleTinnakill Castle7.6 km away 4MuseumMuseumMountmellick Embroidery & Heritage Museum13 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Good to know about Lea Castle

Where is Lea Castle?

Lea Castle is 900 m east of Portarlington, Laois.

What is Lea Castle?

Castle in Ireland.

How well known is Lea Castle?

Lea Castle has 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #391 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.

When is the best time to visit Lea Castle?

June to September are the warmest months in Portarlington, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Lea Castle?

Within 15 km: Emo Court (6.4 km), Rock of Dunamase (14 km), Tinnakill Castle (7.6 km) and Mountmellick Embroidery & Heritage Museum (13 km).

Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (4)

Lea Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Emo Court: AnTuisealGinideach, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rock of Dunamase: Meinirland.eu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tinnakill Castle: Garry Dickinson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).